Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Justin Lawrence (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	‐
VBR	# 560	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	4.29
WHIP	1.18	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 91	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 173	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	37

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	68.0	34.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	45	39

Earned Runs	14	28

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	65	43

Walks	19	28

ERA	1.85	7.34

WHIP	0.94	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.1	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	3.75	4.29

WHIP	1.18	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
News
	Ben Brown “is experiencing symptoms again after his outing yesterday.” Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ben Brown is close to being cleared for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Ben Brown is scheduled to face live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
	Ben Brown has resumed throwing daily. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (neck) is asymptomatic, according to manager Craig Counsell, and the club will continue to be conservative with his rehab program. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Brown SP,RP - CHC			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Brown for Justin Lawrence (2026)

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